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US-6266661

Method and apparatus for maintaining multi-instance database management systems with hierarchical inheritance and cross-hierarchy overrides

PublishedJuly 24, 2001
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Technical Abstract

An application configuration system including a database, a preprocessed configuration (PPC) service processor that communicates with the database, a data exchange system preprocessed configuration application program interface (DEX PPC API) that communicates with the PPC service processor, and an application that communicates with the DEX PPC API. A plurality of files having configuration data are stored in the database in a hierarchical arrangement.

Patent Claims
5 claims

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1. A method for performing an operation on a requested file stored in a hierarchical tree with other files, the method comprising: constructing a path between a requested file and a root node of a hierarchical tree; processing each of a plurality of files that are included in the path in order from the root node of the hierarchical tree to the requested file; overriding selectetd data in the plurality of files according to a predetermined criteria; and constructing a result set of the requested file.

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2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the processing includes: adding a keyword/value pair of a lower-level file for a keyword not in a corresponding section of an upper-level file to the resultant file.

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3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the overriding includes: replacing in a resultant file a first set of values associated with one or more keywords in an upper-level file with a second set of values associated with the one or more keywords in a lower-level file.

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4. A method for performing an operation on a requested file stored in a hierarchical tree with other files, the method comprising: constructing a path between a requested file and a root node of a hierarchical tree; processing each of a plurality of files that are included in the path in order from the root node of the hierarchical tree to the requested file; and constructing a result set of the requested file by selectively overriding data from the plurality of files in the hierarchical tree path.

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5. A program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps of performing an operation on a requested file stored in a hierarchical tree with other files, comprising: constructing a path between a requested file and a root node of a hierarchical tree; processing each of a plurality of files that are included in the path in order from the root node of the hierarchical tree to the requested file; overriding selected data in the plurality of files according to a predetermined criteria; and constructing a result set of the requested file.

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Filing Date

November 30, 1998

Publication Date

July 24, 2001

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